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Working Lives 1893-1913 exhibition

The working lives of Irish men, women and children in the run up to the 1913 Lockout are on display in an exhibition of photographs at the National Photographic Archive

Workers at Winstanley’s Bootmakers in Dublin appear to ignore the camera and continue working. It is one of the photographs in an exhibition on the working lives of Irish men, women and children in the run up to the 1913 Lockout aon display at the National Photographic Archive. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

The can-making room at Cleeve Bros, condensed milk factory, Limerick. It is part of the Working Lives 1893-1913 exhibition at the National Photographic Archive. Photograph : National Library of Ireland.

Barrels at Dunville whiskey distillery, Belfast. It is part of the exhibition which contains 148 photographs of workers throughout Ireland. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

Workers roughing flax in Belfast. Photographs in the exhibition are taken from two collections; the Poole collection of photographic glass negatives dating from 1884, and the Mason collection of 2,000 glass lantern slides, dating from 1890. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

Goodbody's tobacco factory. The exhibition runs at the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, Dublins until May. Admission is free. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

Atkinson’s poplin factory, Merchant’s Arch, Temple Bar, Dublin. The building is today a bar and restaurant. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

Shaven-headed boys mending fishing nets at the piscatorial school in Baltimore, Co Cork. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

A man looks at a shirt at Smyth and Co Trimming shop, Balbriggan. Photograph: National Library of Ireland

Building the Oceanic at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Photograph: National Library of Ireland.